Admission Counselor
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Position Title:
Admission CounselorTime Type:
Full timePosition Summary and Qualifications:
The Admission Counselor will assist in all aspects of the admission and financial aid processes for incoming first year (high school) students. Primary responsibilities include planning and managing a domestic recruitment territory by attending off campus events at high schools and other locals virtual recruitment including webinars individual student meetings and counseling prospective students and families on campus or virtually about academic programs student life admission and financial aid policies. The Admission Counselor will work to meet an established enrollment goal by identifying students who would be a good match for the University encouraging application and supporting document submission visiting campus and ultimately enrolling at the University. Cultivating high school counselor relationships and presenting daily information sessions are also essential for territory management success.Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Manage a recruitment territory with the expectation of application growth
Represents the University at weekday and evening college fairs and high school visits
Responsible for a recruitment territory to include eight to ten weeks of off campus student recruitment
Conducts compelling group presentations designed to demonstrate Saint Josephs undergraduate experience
Manages one-on-one information sessions and interviews
Counsels and advises prospective students and parents about financial aid eligibility application procedures federal grants and scholarships costs payment plans etc
Individualizes information to the particular needs and situation of the student with the goal of enrollment
Maintains on-going exceptional timely personal communication correspondence and follow-up with prospective students and families and school counselors
Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:
Application reading and processing
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Required:
Bachelors degree required
Excellent communication skills (grammar vocabulary) to be applied to group presentations telephone communications and written communications
Understand and maintain confidentiality
Thrive in a fast-paced office environment with competing yet equal goals.
Time- management and decision-making skills are essential
Energetic upbeat motivated and independent
Willingness and ability to travel
Valid drivers license and ability to be insured by the university
Basic understanding or willingness to learn about Jesuit education and its values
Successful background check clearance under Saint Josephs Universitys Minors on Campus Policy (PA Criminal Records Check FBI Fingerprinting Check and PA Child Abuse Clearance Check).
Preferred:
Prior admission office experience as an intern student worker or previous admission counselor or a significant student leadership role at the collegiate level
Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:
Some night and weekend hours
Some extended travel
Lifting and carrying college materials to presentations up to 25lbs
Stamina to work for prolonged periods of time at recruitment events
Saint Josephs University is a private Catholic Jesuit institution and we expect members of our community to be knowledgeable about and to make a positive contribution to our mission. Saint Josephs University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce. The University is committed to the diversity of its faculty and staff so that our students our disciplines and our community as a whole can benefit from the multiple perspectives it offers. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity diversity and inclusion. EOE
Saint Josephs University prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in its programs and activities including admission and employment in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for overseeing compliance with Title IX and other civil rights laws and regulations. To contact the Title IX Coordinator e-mail visit Campion Student Center suite 243 or call . To learn more about the Universitys Title IX policies the process for filing a report or formal complaint of sex discrimination sexual harassment or other form of sexual misconduct and the Universitys response to reports and/or formal complaints please visit Inquiries may also be directed to the Federal agency responsible for enforcing Title IX the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Employment Type
Full-Time
